-- Tim May wrote:
Baghdad will be a basket case for decades to come...
The power vacuum as the old regime left, and as U.S. soldiers are staying out of any police action, has given widespread looting.
On 11 Apr 2003 at 18:53, Eric Murray wrote:
It seems as if we're standing by and letting it happen on purpose.
It is really hard to police when you do not speak the language. Furthermore, soldiers are terrible as police. They tend to solve all problems by killing the criminals and everyone in the vicinity. The looting will solve itself soon. All regime targets have been looted, which means that everyone now has guns. Naturally the looters start hitting non regime targets. Those targeted proceed to execute looters. Looting rapidly declines. Unfortunately this means that large public hospitals will cease to exist, but small private practices should be resuming soon, a quite satisfactory outcome unless you happen to be seriously injured during the fall of the regime. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG ex1HQoJ2kYJwSMyp5TBLhzTH+6qqwg6ezxbM7VYg 4q2ySdMlUgiPS7jiXdtDmfaD/3tRNLRf0h+f2/RaA